Scissors sharpener



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A. L. BREITENSTEIN SCISSORS SHARPENER Filed Feb. 29 1924 A ma Z.BRE/TE/mrE/N.

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Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

ARTHUR L. BREITENSTEIN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

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1 Application filed February 29, 1924. Serial No. 695,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. BREITEN- STEIN, a citizen of theUnitedStates. and'a resident of Akron, county of Summit, State 5 ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ScissorsSharpeners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a simple device by means of which scissors orshears may be quickly and accurately sharpened, one of the objects ofthe invention being to provide a device of the character which is simpleand inexpensive in construction and so designed that in use the scissorswill be accurately sharpened upon their angular faces.

In the drawings isshown one form only of the invention, it beingunderstood that other forms may be devised within the scope of theappended claims- In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a View of the device with the two blades of the scissors shownin section and in position for use, and

Fig. 2 is a View at right angles to Fig. 1 showing the scissors in sideview.

In the manufacture of the preferred form of the invention, which isillustrated here, a strip of flat steel or other metal is provided whichis bent in general U-shape to form a handle having arms 1 and 2. The arm1 is provided with an extension 3 which is bent reversely or toward thehandle portion so that its outer surface 3 is in line with the innersurface 2 of the arm 2. When the scissors are placed in position forsharpening, the surfaces 2 and 3 operate as bearing surfaces of the flatsides of the scissor blades.

The arm 2 is provided wit-h a lateral offset 40 portion 4, and in thisportion and the arm 1,

in position so that it the handle, is arranged the abrading orsharpening element 5: at the correct angle to the surfaces 2 and 3*. Thepart 5 may be of any suitable substance, p 'eferably hardened androughened steel. g

In the operation of the evice the user inserts the part 5 between theblades of the shears, and with the flat surfaces of the blades againstthe surfaces 2 and 3*, moves the device in and out of the shears openingand closing them during the process. The

guiding surfaces and the angular arrangespans the opening 0-fment of theelement 5 insure ing of the scissor blades.

The invention is'capable of embodiment in different forms from thatspecifically shown and described, and the claims should therefore beconstrued to cover such modifications.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a scissor sharpener comprising asingle strip of flat metal, the major portion of which is formed as aU-shaped handle, a piece of abrading material extending across the outerend of the handle, and an extension on one arm of the handle, the outersurface of which is parallel to the inner surface of the opposite arm ofthe handle.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a scissor sharpener comprising apiece of metal, the major portion of which is bent upon itself to form aU-shaped handle, a piece of abrading material fastened in one arm of thehandle and extending across the a proper grindhandle and secured in theother arm, the

second arm having a re-versely bent extension parallel to thefirst-named arm and forming therewith bearing surfaces for the flatsides of the scissor blades.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a scissor sharpener comprising apiece of flat metal, a. portion of which is bent upon itself to form aU-shaped handle. one arm of said handle, having an extension bent uponitself 'so as to be parallel with the other arm of the handle, and apiece of abrading material secured in the handle at an angle to thearms.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a scissor sharpener comprising astrip of flat metal, a portion of which is bent upon itself to form aU-shaped handle. a lateral offset in one arm of the handle, the otherarm of the handle being provided with an extension which is reverselybent toward the handle, the outer surface of the extension and the innersurface of the first-named arm constituting bearing surfacesfor the flatsides of scissor blades, and a piece of abrading material arranged at anangle to said bearing surfaces and secured and in the second-named arm.

ARTHUR L. BREITENSTEIN.

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